by Nick Bayard, President & CEO, Bayard Consulting At a quarter of a trillion dollars, the market for impact investing is enormous and rapidly growing. Investors who expect a double or triple bottom line are expecting those who steward their finances to conduct thoughtful due diligence on companies that claim to be having a positive […]

by Mani Padmanabhan, CFO and Co Founder at Price Eagle Online We are living in a globalized, hyper-connected world with faster and easier information access. Laws are increasingly becoming stronger and trans-jurisdictional every day. The enforcement actions are becoming stronger, too. Laws and regulations, though still lagging, are catching up with moral standards out of […]

by Marc Fisher, Co-Founder and CEO of Dogtown Media Brace yourselves for impact. Humanity is on the brink of a fourth industrial revolution thanks to machine learning. This subset of artificial intelligence (AI) is unlocking unprecedented value across every industry, and how you embrace it will determine which side of the disruption equation you’re on. […]

by Hans Lagerweij, CEO and President of Victory Cruise Lines Expedition cruising is a fast-developing travel segment. Thirty-two new expedition ships are on order, with an estimated investment of over $4 billion. The big question is if the market growth can absorb such a capacity increase, or if in three years we will be talking […]

by Richard Saxon, Principal at Consultancy For The Built Environment If you are a building owner, you are probably missing out on the full advantages of going digital. Real Estate and Construction are laggard sectors in adopting technologies which can transform performance. There are two main streams of digital innovation in the built environment: […]

by Mani Padmanabhan, CFO and Co Founder at Price Eagle Online The legal and regulatory landscape has been constantly evolving over the last 20 years. Ethical practices are no longer just “good to have” but are now a “must-have” as people have realized that a lack of ethics and integrity not only leads to […]

by Ken Powell, President, Genesis Business Development The objective of companion diagnostics (CDx) is to maximize that a patient with a particular disease state has the highest probability of responding to a given therapeutic. CDx is now in its second decade of use, and more FDA-approved therapeutics have corresponding CDx labeling. This growing CDx trend […]

by Chris Slezakowski, Market Strategist HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR BUSINESS NEEDS A BOOST? As businesses evolve, they need to convert or acquire new customers. The services or products provided operate in a complex system of multi-channel marketing, social media, supply-and-demand forces, and, above all, competition. Growing your business takes internal time and thought, […]

by Devin Craig, Owner and Principal of Craig Consulting Group How important is company culture? Can organizations perform well without a sense of “culture”? Recently a client asked me about this topic. He asked me, a little skeptically (maybe even downright pessimistically), if culture really mattered. You see, the company in question is very well […]

by Ken Powell, President, Genesis Business Development OVERVIEW Laboratory diagnostics are essential to the delivery of healthcare. Over 70% of all clinical decisions are based on a diagnostic test result, highlighting the critical nature of this medical care delivery segment. Yet spending on diagnostics accounts for less than 3% of the annual US healthcare spend. […]